The Basix Fanzine
User Guide

email: basix@dewarr.globalnet.co.uk
www: http://come.to/basixfanzine

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Welcome to the HTML version of the Basix Fanzine! This user guide gives you information on using this HTML edition.

How it works

It is recommended that the Basix Fanzine be put in its own directory. Every once in a while, I will release a new issue of the Basix Fanzine as a zip file containing new HTML files, graphics and programs. This may or may not replace files already existing in your Basix Fanzine directory - if your unzip program asks if you want to replace a file, let it. This will then update pages such as Internet Resources which do not appear inside actual issues of the fanzine, and ensure that anything out-of-date is replaced.

Why HTML?

This new HTML version is much better than text versions of the Basix Fanzine because:

• Out-of-date information can be replaced easily, eg changes of URLs, without having to alter back issues of the fanzine.
• Graphics and text formatting can be used in articles.
• Programs no longer have to be cut-and-paste from the fanzine - instead, you can run the relevant file from your Basix Fanzine directory. Even better, if Windows Explorer and your web browser are set up correctly, clicking on a link to a BAS file will load up your compiler/IDE (if you have Visual Basic though, as I do, it will load up VB unless you've set it up differently which is not really what you want...)
• Links can be put directly in the fanzine to other issues, programs, sites on the internet and email addresses.

And, as the Basix Fanzine is an internet fanzine, it made sense to assume that most readers had a web browser.

Other Info

All programs and graphics associated with an issue have a filename prefixed with the issue number. For example, 11lfndos.bas is from issue 11. Filenames are always shorter than 8 characters so users of all operating systems can use the Basix Fanzine easily. It also ensures that people using older DOS ZIP programs such as PKZip will be able to extract the files properly.

If you have any questions, please email basix@dewarr.globalnet.co.uk

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